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Maybe you don't like your mobile phone carrier, but you like your phone and you want to keep it but change providers. An obscure change in federal law makes it illegal to switch without permission from your carrier.<p>If you have, for example, AT&T, in order to switch to T-Mobile you have to unlock the phone, and AT&T can now stop you from doing that.<p>The change in the copyright law has some people upset, and they're petitioning the White House for a fix.<p>Sina Khanifar, who is backing the petition, has been personally affected by the rules.Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:57:50 +0000Laura Sydell7826 at http://kplu.orgGermany balks at global anti-piracy agreement, echoes concerns over SOPAhttp://kplu.org/post/germany-balks-global-anti-piracy-agreement-echoes-concerns-over-sopa
Germany is putting off signing an international anti-piracy accord known as the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.<p>ACTA, as the agreement is known, has been controversial for years.Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:33:11 +0000Eyder Peralta4119 at http://kplu.orgGermany balks at global anti-piracy agreement, echoes concerns over SOPA